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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1982

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TUEN MUN MUSIC AND DANCE FORTNIGHT OPENS

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A FORTNIGHT OF MUSIC AND DANCE

PART OF A PROGRAMME TO IMPROVE

THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR LOCAL PEOPLE - WAS OPENED IN TUEN MUN TONIGHT (SATURDAY).

+THE RAPID INCREASE IN THE NEW TOWN'S POPULATION EXERTS A GROWING DEMAND FOR A HIGH STANDARD OF APPRECIATION IN THE PERFORMING ARTS AND CULTURAL ACTIVITIES, AND THIS IS ONE WAY OF PROVIDING IT,+ THE TUEN MUN DISTRICT OFFICER, MR BILLY LAM SAID.

SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE FORTNIGHT AT ON TING YAU OF COMMUNITY CENTRE, MR LAM ALSO SAID THE FORTNIGHT WAS

A CONCERTED EFFORT BY THE DISTRICT OFFICE, THE RECREATION AND CULTURE DEPARTMENT, AND OTHER LOCAL ORGANISATIONS TO MEET RESIDENTS' NEEDS.

THERE WILL BE 15 MUSIC AND DANCE PROGRAMMES, AND A LUNCH-HOUR CONCERT PERFORMED BY THE QUEEN'S GURKHA ENGINEERS, ESPECIALLY FOR INDUSTRIAL WORKERS.

THE CHINESE ORCHESTRA AND LIM KEK-HAN CONCERT ORCHESTRA WILL GIVE THEIR FIRST PERFORMANCES IN TUEN MUN.

THE FORTNIGHT SPONSORED BY THE DISTRICT BOARD WILL CONTINUE

UNTIL NOVEMBER 13.

+THESE PROGRAMMES PERFORMED BY HIGHLY PROFESSIONAL ARTISTS AND SOME EXCELLENT TALENT WILL BE A TESTING GROUND FOR FUTURE LARGE-SCALE CULTURAL ACTIVITIES,+ MR LAM SAID,

STUDENT TRAIN TRAVELLERS

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FROM MONDAY (NOVEMBER 1) STUDENTS WHO POSSESS VALID STUDENT TRAVEL CARDS CAN TRAVEL BY TRAIN BETWEEN KOWLOON AND SHA TIN AT HALF FARE, ON SUNDAYS AND PUBLIC HOLIDAYS AS WELL AS ON WEEKDAYS.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY SAID TODAY THAT THE CONCESSION WAS MADE POSSIBLE BY THE INTRODUCTION OF THE ELECTRIC TRAIN SERVICE AND THE FREQUENCY OF THE SERVICE.

HOWEVER, THE CONCESSION WILL NOT COVER JOURNEYS IN AREAS NORTH OF SHA TIN, HE POINTED OUT.

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